Numbers 16:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?”
Numbers 16:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Numbers 16:321 words
וַיִּקָּהֲלוּwayiqāhălûAnd convoke
עַלʿalAbove
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
רַבravAbundant
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
כָלḵālWhole
הָעֵדָהhāʿēdāhThe assemblage
כֻּלָּםkulāmWhole
קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred
וּבְתוֹכָםûvətwōḵāmAnd in bisection
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וּמַדּוּעַûmadûʿaAnd what
תִּתְנַשְּׂאוּtitənaśəʾûLift
עַלʿalAbove
קְהַלqəhalAssemblage
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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